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    1. Fighting The Forces: What's At Stake In Buffy The Vampire Slayer?

      Fighting The Forces: What's At Stake In Buffy The Vampire Slayer?

      by David Lavery

      Fighting the Forces explores the struggle to create meaning in an impressive example of popular culture, the television series phenomenon Buffy the Vampire Slayer. In the essays collected here, contributors examine the series using a variety of techniques and viewpoints. They analyze the social... (learn more about this book)

    1. Full of Secrets: Critical Approaches to Twin Peaks (Contemporary Film and Television Series)

      Full of Secrets: Critical Approaches to Twin Peaks (Contemporary Film and Television Series)

      by David Lavery

      A collection of essays on "Twin Peaks" and the postmodern mediascape. (learn more about this book)

    1. Unlocking the Meaning of Lost

      Unlocking the Meaning of Lost

      An Unauthorized Guide

      by Lynnette R. Porter, David Lavery

      Rarely has a cult TV show reached the level of Lost: -- An average of 15,000,000 viewers per week -- 12 Emmy nominations in its first year, including Best Drama -- Golden Globe winner for Best Drama -- Cast was named Entertainer of the Year for 2005 by Entertainment Weekly And through... (learn more about this book)

    1. Lost's Buried Treasures

      Lost's Buried Treasures

      by Lynnette R. Porter, David Lavery

      The hit show Lost is a television phenomenon-and what brings fans back are the layers of clues that mystify and intrigue. Lost Clues, Secrets and Theories is the first in-depth guide to the hundreds of clues and mysteries embedded in the Lost world. Bestselling Lost experts Lynnette Porter and... (learn more about this book)

    1. Reading The Sopranos: Hit TV from HBO (Reading Contemporary Television)

      Reading The Sopranos: Hit TV from HBO (Reading Contemporary Television)

      by David Lavery

      The Sopranos has rewritten the rules of television drama and changed attitudes toward television itself. Topics explored include the extraordinary characterization of Tony Soprano; racism; dreams; Dr. Melfi as narratee; Carmela as a feminist; Italian-American womanhood; mafia theatrics; use and... (learn more about this book)

    1. Deny All Knowledge: Reading the X-Files (The Television Series)

      Deny All Knowledge: Reading the X-Files (The Television Series) (1996)

      by David Lavery

      The "X Files" is as complex and controversial a phenomenon as the television series "Twin Peaks" was in the early 1990s. Mysterious and macabre episodes, led by fictional FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, captivate devotees week after week. Contributors to this volume examine the same... (learn more about this book)

    1. This Thing of Ours

      This Thing of Ours

      by David Lavery

      In a first-season episode of The Sopranos , Tony Soprano is once again in conflict with his uncle Carrado "Junior" Soprano. Tony is in no mood for conciliation, but neither is Junior, who warns his nephew not to return unless he is armed: "Come heavy," he insists, "or not at all." As a work of... (learn more about this book)

    1. Dear Angela: Remembering My So-Called Life (Critical Studies in Television)

      Dear Angela: Remembering My So-Called Life (Critical Studies in Television)

      by David Lavery

      Dear Angela includes fourteen critical essays that examine the brief-lived but landmark television series, My So-Called Life (1994-1995). Tackling a broad range of topics from identity politics, to music, to infidelity, and death each essay builds upon a belief that My So-Called Life is a... (learn more about this book)

    1. Seinfeld, Master of Its Domain: Revisiting Television's Greatest Sitcom

      Seinfeld, Master of Its Domain: Revisiting Television's Greatest Sitcom

      by David Lavery

      After a slow and inauspicious beginning, Seinfeld broke through to become one of the most commercially successful sitcoms in the history of television. This fascinating book includes classic articles on the show by Geoffrey O’Brien and Bill Wyman (first published in the New York Review of... (learn more about this book)

    1. Reading Deadwood: A Western to Swear By (Reading Contemporary Television)

      Reading Deadwood: A Western to Swear By (Reading Contemporary Television)

      by David Lavery

      With the debut of Deadwood on HBO, a vision of the “Old West” emerged that was unlike anything done before on TV. David Milch, also the creator of NYPD Blue , imbued the series with his signature use of harsh language, complex storylines, and shocking acts of violence. The characters he... (learn more about this book)

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